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God of Love

Yahoo!!! Our friend Luke Matheny's short film God of Love won an Oscar last night! (Well, he's actually a friend of a friend; but we've met him at parties:) I almost fell off the sofa when he got to go up on stage and accept his award.

God of Love is an amazing 18-minute comedy about a lounge-singing darts champ who receives a mysterious package of passion-inducing darts. Here's the trailer, below; you can download the full film (for $2!) on iTunes or watch it on the big screen at this New York theatre. Huge congratulations, Luke!

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He had the best acceptance speech!!! Even though most people probably hadn't heard of his film - he was super memorable (joking about getting a hair cut, talking about his state [Delaware] & his school [NYU]). The sweetest part was when he thanked his composer! aww :)

I saw this film on Friday night and loved it! The indie artsy movie theater in DC always plays the 5 Oscar-nominated short films as one movie the weekend of the Oscars. So my boyfriend and I got tickets and watched all five nominated films in a row as a little date on Friday. It was hilarious because my boyfriend looks EXACTLY like Luke and so afterwards, people were coming up to him as we left the movie saying "ah, the God of love himself." Haha they are like deadringers for each other, wild hair and all. I loved how he said he should have cut his hair in his speech. The actress who played his love interest in the movie was adorable too...don't know if you saw the other nominated shorts but they were so amazing too. The Confession + The Crush were my faves, other than God of Love. You should see them-- I think you'd really like The Crush. Yay for your friend's win : )

So wonderful! I saw his short (along with the other nominees at IFC center this past week) and I thought it was so adorable, but I was almost sure the Rwanda film was going to take the Oscar. That was such a nice Oscar surprise moment, his acceptance speech was adorable, especially when he thanked his mom for providing the craft service on set, haha ;)

omg'dess! I *loved* his acceptance speech. easily one of the best ones of the night. it was so cute how when he finished with calling Sasha his "dream come true," you could hear half the audience say "awwww..." (and we said that at home, too!).

a friend of mine helped him produce the movie, lol! i was so excited for her! i kept watching Facebook for updates, unfortunately I took nightime cold medicine too early and didn't get to see them win! i wish i can see the award show again.

Congrats to your friend! I just saw the shorts over the weekend and God of Love was so good; a permanent smile was plastered on everyone's face throughout the short. Hope we see more (in quantity and in length) from Luke in the future.

I was SO glad he won! I work in the film industry and at times have become a bit jaded, as you do. However, there are times when I see a great short film that reminds me of why I wanted to get into this industry in the first place, and this film was one of those. Adorable. He also had my favorite acceptance speech of the entire evening. Yay!

I can't wait to see this movie! He was the best winner last night. I loved how he said "he should have gotten a haircut" when he got on stage. I also loved that he thanked his mom for doing craft services. Can't wait to see what he does in the future.

Funny, I didn't watch much of the Oscars (Knicks game...also, once I see what the stars are wearing, I tune out), but I did see this acceptance speech and thought he was so witty and funny with his haircut comment!